Car-truck.



G. R. HENDERSON.

GAR TRUCK APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1912.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

G. R. HENDERSON.

GAR TRUCK.

APPLIGATIQN FILED r211. 28. 1012.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET Zv STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, GEORGE R. HENDERSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE BAR!)- WIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-TRUCK.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

, Application flied February 26, 1912. Serial No. 679,959.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GhoRoE- R. HENDER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have in vented certain Improvements in Car- Trucks, of which the following-is a specification.

Myinvention relates to certain improvements in trucks of the four wheel type used particularly on passenger cars.

One objectof my invention is to make a light and substantial truck of this type and v to-mount coiled springs on eachside of the center of the side frame and between the equalizi .beams. A fu'i' tfiier object of the invention is to make an end extension an integral part of 0 one of the pedestals of the truck.-

In the accompanying draw1ngs:--F1gure 1, is a plan view of my improved car truck;

Fig. -2,-is -a side View; Fig, 3, is a sectional view, on, the line 3-3,'Fig.'2; Fig. 4, is a perspective view, showing a pair of the equalizing beams; and Fig 5, is a perspectiveview showing an end extension formed integral with-a pedestal.

A, A are the side frames of the truck connected together by the transoms B in which thebolstervG is mounted.v D, D are the axles having wheels d, d located, in the present instance, within the frame of the truck.

cl, d are the axle boxes adaptedtot-he pedestals E, E and E, E secured to the 36 longitudinal bars A of the side frame; the

"inner pedestals E, E being connected to? gether by the bar. F extending under the transems Br v G, Gare the angle braces extending from i 40 the lower portion of the transoms up to the} bars A'. a 4

It will be noticed that the pedestals are bent at their lower ends and are also bent at their upper ends, and each pair is con-* nectedby a cross bar e extending under the ,r axle box and secured at the upper end to the bar- A by bolts 6".

The pedestal .E' has an integral extension.

arranged 'at an angle, as shown at epand secured to this extension beyond thewheels is a cross bar H; He'retofore this diagonal extension [e was made an "integral part of I the bar A""and ,consequently 1t was more difiicult toform and costmore to produce,

soas tokee allow the, springs to be located between as the cost of forging is dependent upon the present instance the top bars A are exo tended at one end as shown. Located 'on each side oftheside frames A of the truck are the equalizing beams, I, I. The ends 71 of these beams rest, u on' the boxes d. These beams are curved rom the 5 bearing point of one box to the bearing point of the other box and extend downbelow the transomsB. Y

i, i are pivot pins on which is a lower spring-seat n and below the horizontal extension of the angle brace G is the upper V springwseat m.

M, are coiled springs mounted between the two seats. In the present instance there are two coiled s rin s, one on each side of 75 the pivot pins '5 an these are arrangedoat an angle to the centerline drawn through the pivot pins, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, them absolutely in line and in proper position with respect to the pivot pins. These springs are protected as theyare located between the two equalizing beams and are also located directly under,

the main upper bar of the truck.

. I claim 1. The combination ina car truck, of side frames; transoms connecting the side frames; boxes mounted in the. side frames; curved equalizing beams extending from one box to the other, one on each side of said side frame; the inner beam extending under the transoms; pivots extending from one beam to the 'otheron each side of the center of the truck; a spring seat mounted on each pivot; a spring seat secured to the under side of the top bar. of the side members of the framers pair of springs mounted betweenthe two spring seats; the equalizing beams being a spaced apart sufiiciently to them 5 said springs bein arranged at an angle to a vertical line rawn through the pivots;

' 2. The combination in a car truck,'of s'ide frames made of bars bent into shape; connecting transoms on each side frame, consisting of an upper longitudinal bar; pedestals. bent from bars and secured to said longitudinal bar; one or both of the end pedestals having a downwardly inclined extension formed integral therewith and pro jectinga considerable distance beyond the top bar of the car truck; and a cross member attached to said extension on each side of the truck.

3. The combination in a car truck, of side frames; transoms connecting the side: frames; box'es mounted in the side frames curved equalizing beams extending from one box to the other, one on each side of each side frame, the inner beam at each side extending under the transoms; pivots extending from one beam to the other on each side of the center of the truck; a spring sea-t mounted on each pivot and located wholly between the beams; a spring seat secured to the under side of the top bar of the side members of the frame; and a pair of springs E0 a GEORGE. R. HENJDERSO Witnesses:

JAMES R. CAMPBELL, WM. A. BARR. 

